I was watching some video and there was mention of someone getting 1984. Upon which, a guy said that this one (one who got 1984) will end up being radicalized. I was already born into a very radical environment so no needs of books to radicalize me (although I am trying to be moderate and chill now)

  • gastroglizzy@piefed.socialEnglish
    32·
    2 days ago

    1984

    Animal Farm

    The Jungle

    Slaughterhouse Five

    Brave New World

    A Farewell to Arms

    Blood Meridian

    Guns, Germs, and Steel

    To Kill A Mockingbird

    Bullshit Jobs

    • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
      4·
      1 day ago

      I know I at least read Animal Farm and To Kill a Mockingbird when I was younger. I wonder how much those ended up influencing me. At the time I wouldn’t have totally agreed with them, and I don’t remember them having a particularly large influence, but they probably did affect me without me knowing. However, I also watched a lot of sci-fi and Star Trek, which probably had an even greater influence.

      I wish there was a way to analyze our past and pick apart what effect different things had. It’d be really fun to know. I think when you consume something that you think really changes you, you were already primed for that change before. A lot of things lead up to that moment that you don’t even recognize.

        • eightpix@lemmy.world
          1·
          22 hours ago

          If you really want some solid Graeber, who tag-teamed with archaeologist David Wengrow, read The Dawn of Everything.

          The cake is a lie and hierarchy is horseshit. Humans have left exploitative social structures (read: empires, Capitalism) and reorganized society before and we can do it again. There is physical evidence for thousands of years.